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Version 0.09 |
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Please add, delete, modify. Thanks! |
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- fixed the password problem |
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- wrote about the problem with kernels 2.6.11 (and latter) |
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- fixed typos |
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- added more options for UCLIBC_CPU |
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- added two people to contributors list |
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Also I need no workarounds this time through (minus the kernel problem). |
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Still looking for feedback on the Gentooized version of the this how-to on |
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readability and usefullness. |
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http://www.bulah.com/embedded-guide.html |
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Update to my website will come shortly. |
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http://www.bulah.com/embeddedgentoo.html |
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Enjoy, |
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# Embedded Gentoo How-To for x86 |
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# |
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# A how-to guide to setup a Gentoo embedded environment, you must be root. |
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# These commands are to be run on your development system, |
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# any x86 Gentoo Linux computer will do. The system should be fast, |
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# to speed development. The target can be any x86 based SBC. I'm |
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# using a Geode based SBC. Latter I'll use a Via based SBC. |
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# |
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# version 0.09 |
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# 2005.10.10 |
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# |
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# Heath Holcomb (heath at bulah.com) |
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# Ned Ludd (original commands posted) |
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# Lloyd Sargent (contributor) |
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# Yuri Vasilevski (contributor) |
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# Mike George (contributor) |
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# Kammi Cazze (contributor) |
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# Marius Schaefer (contributor) |
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# Pierre Cassimans (contributor) |
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# Marius Schafer (contributor) |
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# |
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# Definitions and Terms |
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# system_rootfs = your regular rootfs, development computer |
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# development_rootfs = what you use to build the embedded_rootfs |
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# embedded_rootfs = rootfs you deploy to the target system |
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# SBC = single board computer (here it's an x86 based) |
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# |
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# References |
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# http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml |
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# http://www.epiawiki.org |
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# http://epia.kalf.org |
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# Gentoo embedded mailing list (gentoo-embedded@l.g.o) |
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# |
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# |
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# Overview of process (steps) |
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# 1 - Prepare the development_rootfs from your system_rootfs |
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# 2 - Build the development_rootfs |
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# 3 - Build the embedded_rootfs |
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# 4 - Build and install non-system programs to the embedded_rootfs |
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# 5 - Build and install a kernel to the embedded_rootfs |
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# 6 - Deploy embedded_rootfs to target |
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# |
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#----- Step 1 - Prepare the development_rootfs from your system_rootfs ------- |
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# You must be root. |
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su - |
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cd /opt |
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# Create the development_rootfs directory. |
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# I use i586 because of target is a Geode processor. |
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mkdir -p /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/usr/portage |
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# Download the latest stage 1 tarball. |
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wget \ |
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http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/experimental/x86/embedded/stages/\ |
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stage1-x86-uclibc-2005.0.tar.bz2 |
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# Untar the stage to the development_rootfs. |
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tar -xvjpf stage1-x86-uclibc-2005.0.tar.bz2 -C /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/ |
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# Mount the proc and portage directories to your development_rootfs. |
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# Makes your system_rootfs's proc and portage directory available from inside |
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# of your development_rootfs (after chrooting). |
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mount --bind /proc /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/proc/ |
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mount --bind /usr/portage /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/usr/portage |
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# Copy over DNS information to the development_rootfs. |
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cp /etc/resolv.conf /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/etc/resolv.conf |
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# Chroot into the development_rootfs. |
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chroot /opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux /bin/bash --login |
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#----- Step 2 - Build the development_rootfs --------------------------------- |
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# Create new environment and load variables into memory. |
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env-update |
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source /etc/profile |
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# Set profile to use 2.6 kernel. |
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# The current stage uses 2.4 by default, and for most cases you are going |
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# to want a 2.6.x kernel. |
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cd /etc/ |
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unlink make.profile |
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ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/uclibc/x86/2005.1 make.profile |
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# Modify make.conf file to your liking/needs. |
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# This is for my target, Geode x86 processor. |
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# Other values for UCLIBC_CPU : |
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# 386, 486, ELAN, 586, 586MMX, 686, PENTIUMII, PENTIUMIII,PENTIUM4, K6, K7 |
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# CRUSOE, WINCHIPC6, WINCHIP2, CYRIXIII, NEHEMIAH |
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nano -w /etc/make.conf |
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/* |
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USE="bitmap-fonts minimal truetype-fonts mmx" |
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CHOST="i586-gentoo-linux-uclibc" |
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CFLAGS="-march=i586 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx" |
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CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
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FEATURES="buildpkg" |
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VIDEO_CARDS="chips" |
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UCLIBC_CPU="586MMX" |
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*/ |
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# Start the bootstrap script. |
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cd /usr/portage/scripts |
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./bootstrap.sh -p -v |
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./bootstrap.sh |
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# Workaround - bootstraping |
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# Failure compiling uclibc (gcc-config error: Could not run/locate "gcc")? |
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# If you get a failure while bootstrap is compileing uclibc here are the steps |
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# to work around the problem. |
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gcc-config 1 |
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source /etc/profile |
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./bootstrap.sh |
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# Emerge the system ebuild for the development_rootfs. |
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emerge -e system |
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# Workaround - emerge system |
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# During emerge -e system, python-fchksum failes complaing about |
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# gcc-config error: Could not run/locate "i386-gentoo-linux-uclibc-gcc" |
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# The following commands work around this problem. |
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emerge python |
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emerge -e system |
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#----- Step 3 - Build the embedded_rootfs ------------------------------------ |
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# Create the embedded_rootfs directory. |
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mkdir /embedded_rootfs |
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# Emerge baselayout-lite into embedded_rootfs. |
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# This gives your system a basic file structure. |
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# 1.0_pre1 is the only one that is stable, right? |
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cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/baselayout-lite/ |
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ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge baselayout-lite-1.0_pre1.ebuild |
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# Required Workaround - baselayout-lite |
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# Baselayout-lite is still beta, so a few fixes are needed. |
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# There needs to be a directory "log" in /var. |
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# Inittab calls for /usr/bin/tail, but it needs to /usr/bin. |
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mkdir /embedded_rootfs/var/log |
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nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/inittab |
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/* |
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#tty3::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages |
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tty3::respawn:/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages |
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*/ |
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# Emerge uclibc into the embedded_rootfs. |
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# Use the -K option because we don't get the extra files created by the |
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# build/emerge process into our embedded rootfs which needs to be as |
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# small as possible. |
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ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K uclibc |
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# Emerge busybox into the embedded_rootfs. |
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# First you must emerge it into your development_rootfs. |
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# This does not create the symlinks in our development embedded rootfs. |
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emerge busybox |
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ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K busybox |
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# Create the symlinks for busybox in the embedded_rootfs. |
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mkdir /embedded_rootfs/proc |
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mount -o bind /proc/ /embedded_rootfs/proc/ |
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chroot /embedded_rootfs /bin/busybox --install -s |
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umount /embedded_rootfs/proc |
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# Set time zone in your embedded_rootfs. |
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# See http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/guide/buci-tz.html for details. |
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# For central standard time in the US, use "CST6CDT". |
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nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/TZ |
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/* |
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CST6CDT |
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*/ |
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# Install a boot loader (usually grub or lilo). |
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# Once you copy/deploy your embedded_rootfs to your target SBC you will |
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# have to run grub on the command line to write to the master boot record |
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# (MBR). |
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# For some reason not all of /boot/grub is copied over to the |
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# embedded_rootfs, so a extra manual copy step is needed. |
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# The --nodeps gets rip of the run time need of ncurses. |
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emerge --nodeps grub |
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ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K --nodeps grub |
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cp -R /boot/grub /embedded_rootfs/boot/ |
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# Modify your boot configure file. |
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# The example below is for a grub, for a boot partition on /dev/hda1 and only |
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# one partition on the target SBC system. |
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nano -w /embedded_rootfs/boot/grub/grub.conf |
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/* |
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default 0 |
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timeout 10 |
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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title=Linux 2.6.x |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.x root=/dev/hda1 vga=792 |
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*/ |
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# Set root password for the embedded_rootfs |
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chroot /embedded_rootfs /bin/sh |
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passwd |
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exit |
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rm /embedded_rootfs/etc/passwd- |
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# Modify fstab. |
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# Below is mine, yours may vary. |
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nano -w /embedded_rootfs/etc/fstab |
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/* |
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/dev/hda1 / reiserfs defaults 0 0 |
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none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
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none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 |
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none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 |
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*/ |
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# Clean up the embedded_rootfs. |
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# Don't know why these files are there in the first place, so if anyone |
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# can tell me why..... |
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rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/db/pkg/* |
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rm -R /embedded_rootfs/var/lib/portage/ |
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#---- Step 4 - Build and install non-system programs to the embedded_rootfs -- |
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# Emerge other software you need for you embedded target. |
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# This is very wildly depending on your needs. |
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# Also your proprietary application will be done here. |
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emerge foo* |
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ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K foo* |
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#---- Step 5 - Build and install a kernel to the embedded_rootfs ------------- |
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# Install a kernel into embedded_rootfs. |
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# First we will emerge it into our development_rootfs, then configure and |
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# build it. |
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# ** Warning ** |
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# There appears to be a bug in kernel version >2.6.12 that prevents us |
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# from "make menuconfig" in the chroot environment. I don't know when it |
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# will be fixed (I'll assume it has to do with uclibc, right ??). |
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# A simple work around would be to compile a kernel outside of the |
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# development_rootfs environment and copy the image over to the |
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embedded_rootfs |
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# boot directory. I'm leaving the how-to as is for now, because I feel that |
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# this "bug" be eventually be fixed upstream. |
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emerge vanilla-sources |
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cd /usr/src/ |
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cd linux |
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make menuconfig |
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# Configure your kernel for your TARGET SBC here. I HIGHLY suggest you |
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# configure the kernel to compile everything into the kernel, and nothing |
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# as a module. |
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make |
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ROOT=/embedded_rootfs make modules_install |
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cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /embedded_rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.x |
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# A few notes on compiling your kernel. |
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# If deploying to Compact Flash/DiskOnChip/SD use ext2, as the journaling |
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# filing systems "write" to much for a flash device. |
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# If deploying to a hard drive use a journaling filing system, such as |
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# ext3 or reiserfs. |
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#---- Step 6 - Deploy embedded_rootfs to target ------------------------------ |
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# Prepare a Gentoo (or any Linux distro) system on the target SBC using a |
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# harddrive. This is known as the target development rootfs. |
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# We will create a partition (/embedded_rootfs) that will server as our |
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# "test" partition to deploy our embedded_rootfs that we generate on our |
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# development_system. |
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# I use the following partitions to speed development (yours may vary): |
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# /dev/hda1 - /embedded_rootfs - 1 GB |
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# /dev/hda2 - /boot - 100 MB |
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# /dev/hda3 - swap - (size varies, 512 MB is a good number) |
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# /dev/hda4 - / - (what is left, at least 1.5 GB per 2005.0 install guide |
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specs) |
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# |
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# Copy over your embedded_rootfs from you development system to your target |
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# system and the directory /embedded_rootfs. This needs to be done via NFS as |
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# need to preserve the permissions. |
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# |
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#The following commands are done from the |
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# target development rootfs. |
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mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/embedded_rootfs |
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mount -t nfs\ |
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192.168.0.10:/opt/i586-gentoo-uclibc-linux/embedded_rootfs\ |
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/mnt/nfs_embedded_rootfs |
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cp -adpR /mnt/nfs_embedded_rootfs/* /mnt/embedded_rootfs |
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# Modify your target system's grub.conf (or lilo.conf) for allow you to boot |
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# to the embedded_rootfs partition. |
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# |
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# Reboot, and if all goes well you'll be greeted with a login prompt. |
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# |
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# Fin. |
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-- |
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heath holcomb |
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liquidcable at bulah.com |
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www.bulah.com |
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